Wu Xing: The Ninja Crusade

The Emperor has called for blood! All ninja of the Izou Empire face the crushing might of their own nation. Where once there was peace, now there is only destruction and death. The ninja are forced to fight back, wielding the ancient art of chi manipulation alongside their shuriken and katana. Empire soldiers pack their own secret weapons to combat ninja wushu... powerful firearms. The ninja of the realm have assembled into their own army, the Lotus Coalition. Together, they hope to take down the Empire and stop the reign of destruction upon the people of the land. That is if they can overcome centuries old feuds and rivalries that could destroy them from within!

This Book Includes:

A guide to the Izou Empire and the machinations behind their Ninja Crusade.

Information on all the Empire's major cities and landmarks

Rules for playing any one of the 10 most influential Ninja Clans, like the Recoiling Serpents or the Virtuous Body Gardeners

I have a question for anyone with some experience with the system, do you have to change styles in combat to get the bonuses from say bear style instead of tiger, or do they stack all the time no need to change styles? The book make me think its the later but I havent been able to find anything online about it.

Eloy LNovember 18, 2014 12:02 pm UTC

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Styles are always active and stack bonuses. :)

Chris WNovember 19, 2014 1:48 am UTC

thank you, i think i am going to pitch this to my group they are big anime action guys (particularly Naruto so i think they will like it) and if that doesn't work I may try Amp since I like the DGS system from what I am reading

One of my favorite features is there’s no metaplot, just the setup. There are no secrets, which only the game master may know--another Good Thing(TM). The end result is players can read this book, cover-to-cover, and their understanding and enjoyment [...]

This is a fantastic setting with a great ruleset that does a fantastic job of capturing Wuxia / Anime / Manga style combat. The setting itself includes enough overlap with real historical Asian culture to be familiar to the reader, while putting its ow [...]

While the layout is a bit on the weak side and the system is not very original or engaging, Wu Xing is a very honest book with gorgeous art. It felt like a strange mix of White Wolf and D&D in both scope and rules, but it does not try to sell itsel [...]

I find that Wu Xing is a game that has a lot of open spaces for a GM to fill in on his own. Sure there's a large central conflict with the Izou Empire and the Lotus Coalition, but it's just sort of there. The writing doesn't seem to convey the same kin [...]

I love the concept of this ninja rpg and I was enchanted enough to purchase it. I also really like to support small game companies where possible so there is a nice synergy. However, there are a few glaring problems that keep this product from b [...]

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